Pakistan calls Indian strikes killing 26 an ‘act of war’ as tensions spiral over Kashmir

India's airstrikes on alleged militant sites in Pakistan kill 26 as both nuclear-armed nations exchange deadly fire over Kashmir

A woman living in a village near the Line of control between India and Pakistan and got injured in Pakistani shelling is brought to a hospital in Uri, in Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasir Kachroo)

India fired missiles into Pakistani-controlled territory in several locations early on Wednesday, killing at least 26 people including a child, in what Pakistan’s leader called an act of war.

India said it struck infrastructure used by militants linked to last month’s massacre of tourists in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir.